Candida auris was first identified in Japan from specimens obtained from the ear, but most reports since have reported invasive infections or non-ear based cases. We reviewed all the microbiology records from a single center in South Korea from February 2016 to July 2018. One hundred eleven isolates were positive for C. auris from 79 patients. All 79 patients positive for C. auris had positive ear discharge samples. All but one of the patients with C. auris had been to the otorhinolaryngology clinic. Symptom-driven ear culture was done for all but one patient, whose culture was performed for surveillance. Ear discharges were mostly purulent (60%) or serous (34%). We performed the environmental cultures at the otorhinolaryngology outpatient clinic to evaluate the environmental contamination of C. auris, but C. auris was not isolated from medical equipment and environmental surfaces.

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耳念珠菌定植或耳朵感染：2016年至2018年在韩国进行的单中心研究。

日本最早从耳朵的标本中鉴定出假丝酵母，但此后的大多数报道都报告了侵袭性感染或非基于耳朵的病例。我们回顾了2016年2月至2018年7月来自韩国单个中心的所有微生物学记录。来自79位患者的110株金黄色葡萄球菌呈阳性。所有79例耳孢菌阳性的患者耳分泌物样本均为阳性。除一名耳廓弓形虫患者外，其他所有患者都曾去过耳鼻喉科门诊。除一名患者外，其余所有患者均进行了症状驱动的耳部培养，并对其进行了监测。耳部分泌物多为化脓性（60％）或浆液性（34％）。我们在耳鼻咽喉科门诊诊所进行了环境培养，以评估金黄色葡萄球菌（C. auris）但C.